WARNING: Many ignorant wizards hardly consider Potions to be a part of magic. DO NOT BE ONE TO MAKE THAT FOOLISH MISTAKE. Potions is magical, and like any other magical art, is it not something to be taken lightly. As an extremely delicate activity, it requires the utmost caution and respect. One tiny, insignificant little slip could have disastrous effects. You have been warned.

A true Slytherin knows when to act, and when to stay silent. Like a snake, Slytherins wait for the right time—the opportune moment, so to speak—to strike, and take what is rightfully theirs. All of his life, Theodore Nott has kept his talents a secret, waiting for his time to rise. But when his father is cast into Azkaban along with the other Death Eaters, he finds that he can wait no longer.